mortality/aging
• some live to breed but die between 3 and 15 months of age
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• most usually die by 15 days of age but occasionally a mutant mouse may live to sexual maturity and breed
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pigmentation
• mice are white-coated with small patches of pigmented hair about the eyes,ears and tail
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digestive/alimentary system
• enteric ganglion cell migration is slower and does not keep up with elongation of the gut, subsequently leaving the end of the gut without innervation
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• distal four sections of the colon are aganglionic
• grossly evident via markedly distended colon in weaning age or older mice
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nervous system
• randomly connected patches of normal and abnormal hair cells are seen
in histological preparations
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• deficiency of ganglion cells in the myenteric plexus of the lower colon
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• complete lack of ganglion cells in the distal gut leads to megacolon
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integument
hearing/vestibular/ear
• randomly connected patches of normal and abnormal hair cells are seen
in histological preparations
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• abnormally formed with nuclei at different levels
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• there is extreme variability in thickness
• rare instances of cellular degeneration can be seen
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Mouse Models of Human Disease |
DO ID | OMIM ID(s) | Ref(s) | |
Hirschsprung's disease | DOID:10487 |
OMIM:600156 OMIM:606874 OMIM:606875 OMIM:608462 OMIM:611644 |
J:5008 |